tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5771343519345964256.post4111703317577219690..comments2020-02-03T08:55:29.385-03:00Comments on Reviewer X: Booking Through Thursday Friday: The Dreaded HonestyStephhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13659688646243833862noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5771343519345964256.post-18475985253630440492008-11-22T17:00:00.000-02:002008-11-22T17:00:00.000-02:00Of course you should be honest! You're not much h...Of course you should be honest! You're not much help to other readers OR the author if you sugar coat things. I taught writing to college students for several years, and sometimes I was tempted to give some of them better grades simply because I personally really liked them (yes, professors are biased, but the good ones fight it). I especially liked the students who bought me lattes and complimented my outfits and said I was their favorite professor. But at the end of the day, my job was to help them improve, and I wasn't going to tell them their papers were good when they sucked.<BR/><BR/>I know I have a lot of things to work on in my own writing, and I learned a ton from writing TMI. Now, I want to make my next book better, and the one after that even better, and so on. If I respect a reviewer's opinions and they have problems with my book, I'm going to take what they have to say seriously.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5771343519345964256.post-13362918257357055382008-11-22T11:58:00.000-02:002008-11-22T11:58:00.000-02:00You should definitely keep doing booking through t...You should definitely keep doing booking through thursday :)Aleahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05793307292393570181noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5771343519345964256.post-68385711130197708372008-11-22T05:10:00.000-02:002008-11-22T05:10:00.000-02:00I really hope reviewers focus their energies on th...I really hope reviewers focus their energies on the book and NOT on the author or what they think the author wants/expects to hear. I know it's hard to be totally objective that way, but I appreciate it when a reviewer--in spite of corresponding with me, especially--is able to take that relationship out of the equation.<BR/><BR/>Of course, I still think Reviewer X gave FRENEMIES an "A" because of the AWESOMEness that is MOI! ;-) Right? Right? Right?<BR/><BR/>XOAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05533754739491668621noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5771343519345964256.post-43027819878543651182008-11-22T00:33:00.000-02:002008-11-22T00:33:00.000-02:00Quite true, I tend to rant once in awhile if I get...Quite true, I tend to rant once in awhile if I get going about it. Unless the writer themself send me a book (not through a site or company) then I try to look for the stronger points.Diana Danghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17903093193311109863noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5771343519345964256.post-75223676746099113552008-11-22T00:15:00.000-02:002008-11-22T00:15:00.000-02:00Well said! Although I don't think you have to find...Well said! Although I don't think you have to find a source that correlates with your taste. I've read negative reviews and seen something I would probably like that that person just didn't. I've read several books based on negative reviews and liked them. ;)Ameehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01367469639810419455noreply@blogger.com